Manual Therapy Flashcards
Term: Skilled hand movements to mobilize soft tissue and joints for the purpose of pain modulation, increase ROM, decrease soft tissue inflammation
Manual therapy
Q: What are 3 reasons for using manual therapy?
- Pain modulation 2. Increase ROM 3. Decrease soft tissue inflammation
Term: Manual therapy techniques comprised of skilled passive movements to joints that are applied at varying speed and amplitudes.
Mobilization/manipulation
Term: a passive movement technique performed by an operator in a manner that is at all time within the ability of the pt. to prevent the movement
Mobilization
Term: A passive movement technique performed at the limit of the available passive range at a speed that is beyond the pt.’s control
Manipulation
Term: High velocity, low amplitude therapeutic movements applied within or at end ROM
Thrust manipulation
Term: speed
Velocity
Term: Distance
Amplitude
Term: force
Thrust
Content: Two types of mobilization
- Passive physiological movement (PPM) or osteokinetmatics
- Passive accessory movement (PAM) or arthrokinematics or joint play
Content: limitation to motion - osteokinematics (3)
- muscle or soft tissue
- joint capsule
- joint play
Content: limitation to motion - arthrokinematics (4)
- Ligaments
- Bone congruence
- Intra-articular cartilage
- Joint capsule
Q: What is are examples of PPM?
Flexion/extension, ABD/ADD, IR/ER
Q: What is are examples of PAM?
Roll, glide, spin, distraction/compression
T/F: Manipulation is within the scope of PT practice.
True
T/F: PT and Chiropractors are solely responsible for manual therapy.
True
Q: What is the difference between PT and Chiropractors?
- Philosophy is different
- Chiropractor - manipulation can treat and cure any aliment
- PT - use manipulation to decrease pain and increase mobility - Technique is different
- Chiropractor = long levers
- PT = short levers
T/F: PTs perform chiropractic manipulations.
False
Q: Which should you pay more attention to the broad, nationwide practice act or the state specific practice act?
State practice acts
T/F: Grade 5 manipulation is within KS state practice act
True
Q: Which 3 states do not allow grade 5 manipulation?
- Arkansas
- West Virginia
- Washington
T/F: Students do not follow the practice pattern of their CIs and their decisions are not influenced by their CIs practice patterns.
False
Q: Manual therapy is ____________ for certain people when __________ with certain __________.
Beneficial, performed, exercises
Content: Possible mechanism for manual therapy (3)
- Neuorphysiological
- Mechanical
- Psychological/placebo
Content: Neurophysiological mechanism (4)
- descending pain inhibitory system
- endogenous opioid release
- gate control theory
- change in reflex excitability
Content: Mechanical mechanism (3)
- free up entrapped/torn meniscoid
- mechanical disruption to intra-articular adhesion
- stretching of joint capsule
Content: Absolute contraindications for manual therapy (8)
- Malignancy
- Neurological - cauda equina syndrome
- Vascular
- Bone disease
- Inflammatory conditions
- Infection
- Acute symptomatic disc herniation
- Undiagnosed pain
Content: Relative contraindications for manual therapy (12 - general idea)
- RA
- Osteoporosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Hypermobility/instability
- Pregnancy
- Previous malignant disease
- Acute trauma
- Protectice spasm
- Gross degenerative changes
- Psychological pain
- Steroid or anitcoagulant
- Severe nerve root pain
Q: How does the therapists perspective alter the placebo effect?
Communication, use the placebo effect to your advantage
Content: Precautions for manual therapy (5)
- Recent trauma
- Ligament injury
- Post-op
- Empty end feel or muscle spasm
- acute inflammation
Content: Indications for manual therapy (5)
- mild or moderate pain of musculoskeletal origin
- joint hypomobility
- a non-irritable mild/moderate irritable condition
- remodeling stage of recovery - subacute
- acute spinal pain without neurological symptoms
Content: Kaltenborn distraction grading system (3)
Grade 1 = unloading and decompressing the joint surfaces
Grade 2 = separation of joint surfaces
Grade 3 = joint capsule and ligament stretch
Q: _____ seconds of static hold for pain, ______ seconds for stretching joint capsule (Kaltenborn).
10-20, 30-60
Diagram: Maitlan grading system - grades of movement for accessory glides
Content: Maitland grading system (5)
Grade 1 = small amplitude in the resistance free range (1st 25%)
Grade 2 = large amplitude in the resistance free range (middle 50%)
Grade 3 = large amplitude into resistance or up to resistance (last 50%)
Grade 4 = small amplitude into resistance (last 25%)
Grade 5 = (manipulation) high velocity, small amplitude, thrust movement to the limit of available range or mid range
Diagram: Fill in the table below
T/F: The grades are based on the normal range.
False, based on restrictions
T/F: These grades are progressive.
False: Grade 1 and 4 are similar just performed at different ranges
Q: Mobilization: __________ pain, __________ joint play, _____ vigorous, may ______ with it and __________ to manipulation.
Decrease, restore, less, start, progress